A reflection on the current state of racial politics in the U.S. after this historic election or just a heinous black and white dress? You be the judge.
Obama picked his “bad cop” chief-of-staff. Chicago native U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel is the lucky victim and he accepted the position today. Rahm and Obama go way back as buddies, but more importantly, Rahm doesn’t mess around. He has a reputation for being a “tough partisan fighter” on Capitol Hill. As expected, a few Republicans are already in a tizzy. But CNN political analyst David Gergen says this is a strategic attempt to set up a good cop/bad cop scenario in the White House—so everyone needs to just . . . chill.
Can you guess what folks are now naming their babies in Kenya? C’mon. Don’t make me state the obvious.
The hockey mom may not be the next Veep, but she’s still haunting our public consciousness. Palin returned to Alaska and stepped off the plane to a crowd of folks cheering “2012! 2012! 2012!” A chant for Palin to run for prez in four years? Hardly! Those Alaskans just want to shove her in the White House, lock the door, and keep the woman as far out of their state as possible. We’re onto them.
Something I totally support: a West Hollywood Prop. 8 protest rally! The ban on legalized gay marriage in California passed on Tuesday—don’t. get. me. started.—so 2,500 peeps gathered in WeHo last night to put up a fight. LAPD showed up, a handful of protesters got arrested, and none of it changed the fact that this state has officially made an arse out of itself. First—the Governator. Now—this.
One small DNA sequence for scientists, one giant leap for cancer research. A million dollar science project may have put us a step closer to finding a cure. Scientists at the University of Washington in St. Louis decoded the genetic sequencing of a deceased leukemia patient. They compared the DNA found in the patient’s cancerous tissue with that of the patient’s healthy tissue and discovered a set of 10 mutations that may have caused the cancer. Woot! Woot! This isn’t an immediate cure, of course, but the discovery can lead to new therapies and help doctors make more informed decisions from here on out.
Tags: cancer, gwenyth paltrow, Kenya, obama, Rahm Emanuel, sarah palin